All You Need to Know About Vitamin A
The first vitamin discovered was Vitamin A which accounts for its name. Vitamin A has many benefits. You can maintain good eyesight while strengthening your immune system and helping your cell growth with Vitamin A. Your body can convert beta-carotene into Vitamin A. In order for the body to repair damaged tissues it is essential to have Vitamin A. Proper growth of the teeth and bones in children requires lots of Vitamin A.
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Vitamin C Sources
Vitamin C prevents many a debilitating diseases and increases the body’s immunity. This vitamin can be taken with or without food. In general, about 500 mg is needed every day for general health requirements. If your health requirements need more than 1,000 mg, it must be split across multiple doses throughout the day.
Other than through medical supplements, some excellent Vitamin C Sources include parsley, broccoli, bell pepper, strawberries, o Read More...
Vitamin B12 Shots
Vitamin B12 shots have been a popular treatment for patients deficient in this vitamin. Very serious harmful effects of vitamin B12 deficiency can be eliminated or inverted through vitamin B12 shots. A preference for using these shots is due to poor absorption capabilities of oral doses when taken in large quantities.
Many doctors recommend that people over 60 should have their vitamin B12 levels checked to see if a vitamin B12 shot is needed, s Read More...
Vitamin D deficiency in geriatric patients ( Deutsches Aerzteblatt International ) The great majority of geriatric patients in a German rehabilitation hospital were found to have vitamin D deficiency. Stefan Schilling presents his study results in this week's issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. Read More...
Why I'm off for some vitamin D ? until the sun comes out | Ann Robinson Vitamin D deficiency is being linked with sudden infant deaths and fractures in children. Is it time to start taking supplements? Vitamin D is in the news again, and while the experts squabble over it, I'm off to buy myself some supplements. The chief medical officer for England has told GPs like me to advise those at risk to take supplements. And since half the adult population of the UK is ... Read More...
Vitamin D deficiency may cause infertility Vienna, Feb 3 (IANS) Austrian scientists have found vitamin D's deficiency, long held as a risk factor for diseases like diabetes, may cause infertility among men and women. Read More...
Vitamin D can help turn health around The winter is upon us, with a lack of daylight hours, cloudy days and temperamental weather. And so we pack on the winter pounds, get the winter blues and go into relative metabolic hibernation until spring arrives. But what if we could circumvent some of this seasonal downturn in our health? Read More...
Exercise, vitamin D tied to fewer falls Getting exercise and taking vitamin D supplements appeared to offer the most potent prevention among the interventions investigated, which also included vision correction and modifying the home environment, report the researchers in Annals of Internal Medicine. Read More...